KetaWDeaW* mn WflJ||iP HARRISBURG ttSslik TELEGRAPH LXXXVI— No. 4 14 PAGES SEEK IDENTITY OF MAN IN TAXI IN ART MURDER Believe He Is One Who Caused Death of Philadelphia Model HOLb UPSTATE MAN Wealthy Youth Under Surveil lance in Hotel; Acquaintances Come Forward Philadelphia, Jan. 4.—Police efforts in the search to find the murderer of Maizie Colbert, artist model and for mer manicurist, who was found beaten and strangled in her apartment here last Saturday night, were to-day di rected to learning the identity of a man who was driven in a taxicab early last Friday morning to the street cor ner where the apartment house stands. At the same time the authorities are keeping under surveillance the wealthy young man from the interior of Penn sylvania who is known to have been a friend of the young woman. "We have eliminated no one from the case," reiterated Captain of De tectives Tate. Two public school teachers came into the case to-day and are assisting the police in trying to identify the laxicab passenger. A chauffeur some days ago told the police that late on Thursday night he drove a man and two young women to Germantown, a suburb, left the women at their home and then brought the man in town to the apartment house corner. The chauffeur was not positive whether the man entered the house. The teachers have known the man for about a year and spent Thursday evening with him visiting hotel cafes. According to the young women, he is connected with a coal firm in or near Pittsburgh. Feci He Is Innocent The school teachers say they feel sure that their friend has no connec tion with the case. lie at all times conducted himself as a gentleman, said one of the young women. They were surprised to learn that he had failed to pay the taxicab bill, as he disappeared around the street corner as though he was going to enter the apartment house. The chauffeur waited for him many hours and then failed to find his fare in the house. The wealthy young man who is re maining at a hotel here under an agreement with the police has .not been seen by anyone but close friends 'g' and detectives. According to his friends, he has a complete alibi. Men acquaintances of the murdered girl are still coming forward to tell what they know about Miss Colbert and to clear themselves of any con nection with the case. One of the most prominent to appear and shed himself of connection with the affairs of the young woman was a man well known in the city who was a star base ball player in his college days. The funeral of the murdered woman was held to-day. It was said that the expenses of the funeral were paid by iben who knew her well. GUARDSMEN IJ3AVE BORDER Sixteenth Pennsylvania Infantry on Way to Their Homos Camp Stewart, Tex., Jan. 4.—Penn sylvania troops began their exodus from the Mexican border last night, when the Sixteenth Infantry, Colonel George K. Rickards, and Second Bri gade headquarters. General A. J. Logan, left for home. There are 1,- 100 men in the regiment, which went East in three sections via San Antonio and St. Louis to Pittsburgh. Shortage of supply wagons kept the men wait ing six hours after the scheduled time for departure. Seven more units are to leave, the Fourth Infantry going Friday. REICHSTAG 'IX) MEET SOON London, Jan. 4. - A plenary session of the Reichstag will possibly bo con voked in the middle of January, ac cording to a Router dispatch from Amsterdam voting the Berlin Vor waerts. The Vorwaerts says that "it is obvious that the chancellor as well as the parties would like to express an opinion on the entente's refusal of Germany's peace offer." The budget committee of the Reichstag is gener ally expected to meet in the middle of the month in any event, the dispatch says. ' THE WEATHER l'"op llnrrUlmrg nixl vicinityi I'rnb nlily rnln to-nlKlit niul I'rliliiy; Momeivhiit nnrnirr In-nluhi. with temperature about Iltt <le icreeM; wiirmcr Friday. For ICiiMtrru IVnimylrnnln: Prob ably rain to-niKlit anil Friday; warmer Friday and In noiitbwrMt portion to-night; moderate vari able wlndM becoming cant and KOUtlieOHt. River The SuK<|iiehaiiiia river nnd all It* brancliCH will rlt xIIkIiIIv or re main nearly Ktationnry. lee con ditions will probably not chanicc materially in the next thirty-Mix 'lour*. A Ntage of about 4.7 feet Ik Indicated for Harrlsburg Fri day morning. Genernl Condition* The ntorm that wan central over Michigan, W'edncMday morning, haw moved eaKtwnrd oflf the New Kngland coast i It cauMcd rain I Wednesday generally over the W eastern half of the country, ex cept the southern portion. A dis turb; now over Oklahoma, moving northeastward. Is causing generally cloudy weather In cen tral and southern districts cast of the Itocky Mouuntalns and rain has begun In the tower Ohio Val ley. It Is 2 to IS degrees colder thin morning over n belt of country extending from the Great Lakes southeastward to the Atlantic coast. Temperature! 8 a. m. t 34. Sum Rises, 7:30 a. m.; sets, 4ist p. m. Moon: Full moon, January 8, 2i40 a. m. Illvcr Stage: 4.0 feet above low water mark. Yesterday's Weather Highest temperature, 44. iHineit temperature, 20. Mean temperature, 3(1. ' IS'o ruin I temperature, 30. PICKS FLAWS IN OBJECTIONS TO LICENSE CHANGE Counsel For Andrew Schutzen bach Characterizes Method Signing as "Fake" CRITICISE STATE METHOD Acquiring of Property in Capi tol Park Zone Discussed at Transfer Hearing One of the remonstrances against the proposed transfer of Andrew Schutzenbach's wholesale liquor license from 400 Walnut street to 310 Verbeke street was characterized this morning in the Dauphin county court by Charles H. Bergner, attorney for Schutzenbach, as a "transparent fake." "The whole thing's a transparent fake," declared Mr. Bergner, "and it has been worked on the court time and again." Some of the signers to the remon strance, as read off by Attorney H. B, Saussnman, counsel for the remon strants, were Sheriff W. W. Caldwell, Dr. J. W. Ellenberger, John E. Glpple, H. C. Ross, Harper W. Spong, Willard Young, George L. Reed, E. A. Shaff ner, Charles H. Kinter and E. F. Rowe. The Remonstrances Attorney Bergner picked legal flaws In the remonstrances in that many of the signatures were written in inden tical handwriting, others were without residences, still others were outside the ward in which the wholesale liquor man wishes to locate. Three numerously signed remon strances were filed, one from the Sixth ward, the proposed location of the transferred liquor store, which bore 192 signatures, 72 of whom were men and the remaining 115 women; an other containing 413 men and 342 women from city and county, and an other containing 93 names from the city. A fourth petition, containing 11 signatures, was not accompanied by an affidavit and this was not considered. Attempt to Deceive Couit i In arguing against the admission of all the remonstrances but the one from the Sixth ward Jlr. Bergner declared ho couldn't see the purpose of intro ducing such paper unless it was the intention to deceive the court or for newspaper publicity purposes. In pass ing Mr. Bergner whacked the news papers because "they could confidently be expected" to enlarge upon the fact that so many had protested against the transfer. No Need for Liquor Store All the remonstrances were based on the fact that there is no necessity for the location of the liquor store at 310 Verbeke street and that the trans fer would be detrimental to the public good. Attorney Bergner declared that Mr. Schutzenbach has been ordered by the State to vacate his property, which Is just, on the edge of the Capitol Park extension zone; that vain search had been made throughout the town for [Continued on Page 7] Rambo's Friends Hear He May Be Renamed For His Old Place Notwithstanding the reports of the appointment ol' this or that person to the vacant position of Superintendent of Public Grounds and Buildings there 1 has been a persistent rumor to-day I that Governor Brumbaugh might rein- I state Samuel B. Rainbo, who retired from tills important position on Mon day. It is known that many of the Governor's warmest friends and sup porters feel that a mistake was made in requesting the resignation of Mr. Rambo in the midst of a bitter fac tional controversy and it is also inti mated that there was considerable misrepresentation to the Governor of Mr. Rambo's real attitude toward the i head of the administration. The position of Superintendent of Public Grounds and Buildings is so extremely important and involves so much technical knowledge of building j construction and management that those who are familiar with Mr. Ram j bo's qualifications believe that he | should be retained, if he will continue !to serve. At the large noonday | luncheon of the Chamber of Commerce to-day Mr. Rambo was told by many of those present how much they re gretted his retirement and the rumor of his possible reinstatement has in spired the hope that Governor Brum baugh will take this course, especially in view of the fact that the technical knowledge of Mr. Rambo is so neces sary in shaping up the many things involved in the enlargement of the Capitol Park zone and the probable changes in the State House. TO START "LEAK" PROBE Washington, Jan. 4. Public hear ings on Representative Wood's "leak" charges in connection with President Wilson's peace note will begin to-mor row morning before the House Rules Committee. Thomas W. Lawson, of 1 Boston, Representative Wood and Representative Gardner of Massa- I chusetts, will be the first heard. 22 WOMEN DROWN London, Jan. 4. A Central News dispatch from Amsterdam says that 22 women and children were drowned through the sinking of a ferryboat in a collision on the Moselle near Bell stein. PUT M'NAMARA IN DUNGEON San Quentin, Cal., Jan. 4. James B. McNamara, serving a life sentence in the State prison here for dynamit ing the Los Angeles Times building in 1910, when twenty lives were lost, was ordered into the disciplinary dun geon to-night for refusing to work in the jute mill. HOMICIDE A DAY Chicago, Jan. 4.—A homicide al most every day was the Cook county record In 1916, according to the an nual report of Peter M. Hoffman, cor oner, made public to-day. The report showed that in the year there were 312 homicides, 692 suicides, 276 per sons killed by automobiles, 328 by railroad trains, 133 by street cars and that 192 were burned and scalded to death. There were 6,3 23 deaths reported. j HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 4, 1917 ARCHITECTS FOR BIG MILLION DOLLAR HOTEL wmmmm . \V*[ , jffi ife •. H jhß lL wSKBr W. L. STODDARD, New York AUGUST C. ESENWEIN, Buffalo, N. Y. These are the collaberatlng architects who are designing the Penn-Harris Hotel. They were in the city yester day attending a meeting of the directing officials of the big million-dollar hostelry. PLAN R.R. LAWS REQUIRING LONG STRIKE NOTICE Proposed Legislation Would Give President Military Control Washington, D. C., Jan. 4.—Railroad legislation desired by President Wil son to supplement the Adamson law is to be pressed in the House without waiting for action by the Senate. After a conference with the Presi dent, and while tho Senate committee was continuing its hearings on the subject, Representative Adamson, chairman of the House commerce committee, announced that within a few days he would introduce and seek the passage of bills designed to pre vent railroad employes from striking without giving sixty days' notice and to empower the President to place tied-up roads in the hands of military authorities in case of public necessity. It had been understood that the President wanted the railroad program completed by amendments to a meas ure now pending in the Senate. Mr. Adamson said, however, that he was tired of waiting for the Senate to act. "They will run on with these hear ings for I don't know how long," he added, "and 1 doubt if the members know much more about the subject when the hearings are over than they do now." To IVolonjf Committee's Life Mr. Adamson also will press his pro posed special rule, now in the House rules committee, for immediate con sideration of his resolution to extend the life of the Newlands railway in vestigation committee for one year. The life of this committee will expire next Monday unless it is extended. Ob jection by Representative Rayburn, of Texas, blocked unanimous consent for consideration of the resolution. Vigorous opposition to tho proposed compulsory notice measure from or ganized labor generally is anticipated. It was to fight such proposals that the four railway brotherhoods and the American Federation of Labor repre sentatives recently allied themselves unoflieially. They oppose ail measures forcing men to labor. Brotherhood officials are expected here within the next few days to tes tify before the Senate committee and it is expected that they then will in augurate a light on the Adamson pro posals. House leaders pointed out that pass age of the Adamson bills by the House would not interfere with the Senate procedure. Tho Senate has before it a bill passed by tho House at the last session to enlarge the Interstate Com merce Commission and' any House measures easily could be attached to it as amendments. Action on the en tire bill in conference then would be prompt, It is argued. SWISS TO TAKE CHARGE Geneva, Switzerland, Jan 4, via Paris. —The Austrian government has asked Switzerland to represent Austro- Hungarian interests in the unoccupied portion of Rumania. The political department has accordingly instructed the Swiss charge dc'affaires at Jassy to take charge of the Interests of Austro-Hungarians. VOLLMER GENERAL DEPUTY H. A. Vollmer, district deputy United States internal revenue collector, has been made general deputy collector of the entire district by Collector B. F. Davis, of Lancaster, of the Ninth in ternal revenue district. Collector Voll mer will have charge of estate, cor poration and munition taxes. Deputy Collector M. E. Pl.vme, of York, has been named to take charge of the Harrisburg district. MAY OPERATE ON SOTHERN Chicago, Jan. 4. E. H. Sotliern who yesterday canceled his Reason's theatrical engagements because of ill ness, may be obliged to undergo an operation for a disorder of tho kidney, his attending physician said to-day. Mr. Sothern spent a comfortable night and was reported slightly improved this morning. ORDERS FOR ROII.ERSIIOP Waynesboro, Pa., Jan. 4. The bollershlp of the . Ememon-Brantlng ham Company here, which has been almost Idle for the post two years, has secured a sufficient number of orders to run tho shop at full blast for a year or longer—giving employment to over one hundred men. J FINAL APPROVAL GIVEN PLANS FOR THE PENN-HARRIS Stockholders Agree to Finan cial Arrangement For Tak ing Over Site Two important steps in the new hotel proposition for Harrisburg were taken yesterday afternoon. The stock holders approved the financial ar rangements for the taking over of the site at Third and Walnut streets and later the directors, alter a long con ference with the architects and the president of the United Hotels Com pany, which will manage the hotel, gave final approval to the plans. Frank A. Dudley, president of the United Hotels Company, was present during the discussion of the prelimin ary drawings with W. L. Stoddart, of New York, and August Essenwein, of Buffalo, who are collaborating in the designing of the building and its ap pointments. Some revision was made in the drawings and formal approval was then given with the understand ing that the working plans will be prepared without delay. It is proposed to place upon the bill boards at Third and Walnut streets as soon as possible a picture of the pro ; posed hotel with certain information I as to the management and the general I appointments. The architects believe j they will be ready for reception of | bids for the construction of the build ing within sixty days. Meanwhile cf j forts will be made to anticipate so far j as possible the placing of orders for ! steel and other important materials so | that there may be no delay in the con | struction of the big building. ! Mr. Stoddart and Mr. Kssenwein j have had large experience in the de : signing of hotels and other important I buildings and the owners as well as the managers of the hotel are more than pleased with the, design and the j interior appointments. It will be a modern structure in every respect. WOULD CONTROL GOLD FLOW Washington, Jan. 4. The Federal Reserve Board's official bulletin this month discloses that amendments to the bank law governing reserves re cently transmitted to Congress and now under consideration by the com mittee, are intended to aid in controll ing the great gold flow into the coun try and are connected with the board's recent warning against bank invest ments in foreign war obligations is sued November 28. COLD W.WK ON WAY A cold wave from the. northwest will follow rain and warmer weather predicted for to-night and to-morrow, according to Forecaster E. R. Demain. Although the mercury will stay above freezing to-night and warmer weather is forecast ed for to-morrow, the weather man does not expect a change in ice conditions on the river fur at least 36 hours. KIGHTH GETS TRUCK It was learned here to-day that the Eighth Regiment, Pennsylvania In | tantry, at the Mexican border on Saturday received the light auto truck presented by citizens of Harrisburg. The machine was purchased at El Paso by Colonel Maurice E. Finney. When the regiment returns from the border the truck will be housed at regimental headquarters here. The S6OO needed for the Christmas gift to the soldiers was collected in this city by subscriptions. INSPECT MOTOR APPARATUS City Commissioner E. Z. Gross and Fire Chief J. C. Kindler returned last night from a trip to New York City land Elizabeth, N. J., where they in spected the motor tire departments of both cities. NO COAL INCREASE HERE No increase in the price of coal in Harrisburg is contemplated at present by the dealers of the city, according to Walter L. Montgomery, head of the Coal Dealers' Association, despite the fact that in many other cities in the State fhe price has advanced twenty live cents a ton. FOURTEEN ENTOMBED IN MINE Dillon, Mont., Jan. 4. —Of fourteen men entombed by an explosion of gas ! on the 400-foot level of the Pittsburgh i lead and silver mine at Gllmore, Idaho, yesterday, ten were rescued early to-day. Three men wero killed i by the explosion. MARBURG SHOWS FORCE IS SAFEST PEACE INSURANCE Compulsory Inquiry Into Dif ferences Between Nations Not Compulsory Arbitration Force is absolutely needed to insure the future peace of the world. Not compulsory arbitration, but compulsory inquiry into international | differences is the aim of the League i to Enforce Peace. j These were the two outstanding I points in the address of Theodore Marburg. minister I'.rom the United States to Belgium under President Taft and member of the executive committee of the League to Enforce Peace, before the Harrisburg Cham ber of Commerce at a noon luncheon of its members to-day. That efficient preparation for ade quate national defense is essential for the purposes of the League, was an other argument presented by the ex minister as he took exceptions to criti cisms of the plans proposed by the I league. The Speaker was introduced by De puty Attorney General William M. | Hargest, who expressed, apropos of , the atmosphere of the meeting, the concentrated sympathy which the American people have felt for Bel gium and of the hope for a peace that will be lasting for all people. Ex-Minister Marburg, who is a citi zen of Baltimore, Md., made some complimentary remarks about the in dustrial and civic forwardness of Har risburg and remarked that as a neigh bor this city has set some splendid ex amples for Baltimore. Germany Cause of War "Co-operation based upon altruism is the foundation of all society." This is the fundamental principle which underlies the efforts of the League to Enforce Peace. A scholarly address followed, that was climaxed by the ex [Continue*l on Page 3] Americans All Liars Declares J. H. McFarland in Washington Speech Washington, Jan. 4.—The American people are all liars, according to J. Horace McFarland, of Harrisburg, Pa., president of the American Civic Asso ciation. In an address to-day before the national parks conference Mr. Mc | Farland said the national hymn proved what liars the American people are. "'I love thy rocks and rills, thy , woods and templed hills," the hymn runs, but we mine out the former and we chop out the latter," said President McFurln nd. He estimated that the American people use 63,000 years of time every day in play, which costs them about $11,000,000 every twenty-four hours. To divert as much of this time and j money as possible toward the national I park development propaganda, should !be the big job, according to Mr. Mc ; Fnrlnnd. Mr. McFarland is president of the Mt. Pleasant Press and secretary of j the Municipal League of Harrisburg. Ex-Convict Finds and Returns $15,000 Necklace Chicago, Jan. 4. A rope of 62 pearls, valued at $15,000 which Mrs. Charles L. Hutchinson, wife of a local banker, lost while shopping last Tues day, was restored to her to-day. Ac cording to the story made public the , pearls were found by a man who re i cently was released from Moyamens ; ing Penitentiary, Philadelphia, after serving a long term for safe blowing and who, despite straightened circum stances, heeded the pleas of his wife to restore the pearls to the owner. The man, whose name was withheld, was given SIOO reward. PLOT TRIAL NEARS END I San Francisco, Jan. 4.—The trial of j Franz Bopp, German consul general here, and six others on charges of j conspiracy to violate American neu trality. was nearing Its close to-day in I the United States district court. The' last witnesses were expected to give | their testimony to-day and both sides I believed that arguments would begin I Friday morning and that the jury would take 'he case not later than I Saturday. The trial began five weeks I ago. j RETAIL DEALERS PLAN BIG FIGHT ON 9-CENT MILK Second Jump in Price in Three Months Declared Abso lutely Unfair by President of Ciiy Dairymen's Asso ciation; Says Public Will Not Stand For It TWO CENT RAISE NOVEMBER 1; PROPOSE ANOTHER FEBRUARY 1 President C. E. Cooper Calls Special Meeting to Organize i Campaign Against Producers' Plan to Effect Proposed Gouge of Poor; Producers Line Up Retail milk dealers of the city to day began the organization of a fight to keep down the wholesale price of milk, so that they will not be com pelled to raise the price to consumers to 9 cents a quart. The move was started as soon as it was learned the Dairymen's League of Dauphin and Cumberland counties had decided to increase the wholesale price 2 cents a gallon, to 20 cents, ef fective February 1. C. E. Cooper, president of the City Dairymen's Association, called a spe cial meeting of the association mem bers to be held next Tuesday night in Maennerchor hall, when the retail men will take action. , Sc< ond Increase in Three Months Only two months ago, November 1, the dairymen of Dauphin and Cum berland county jumped the whole sale price 2 cents a gallon, and milk men in the city were forced to go up to. 8 cents a quart. The demand for another Increase within three months, according to President Cooper, will in all probability be met with a storm of disapproval and criticism on the part of the public: "The farmers must be reasonable In their demands," President Cooper de clared. "The price increase they vot- \ WOULD IN REAS.E BOUNTIES J At a meetihg of the Pennsylvania Steltfe V [ sioners to-day lin the Fran iclln Buildin f 1 mendations for changes in game laws were made, Twi 4 * 1' lutions were passed. One provides for an incre I bounty paid on v> Idcat: | I creases the bounty on changes of the huntinj < I sportsmen's conference which opened this afternoon at* the fc, . | Capitol. The conference this afternoon was held in the < I caucus rooms of the House of Repres< f tended by representatives of fportmen's associations from Ife'j I ah over Pennsylvania. Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh call * r td the meeting to order and subsequently turned it over to ' ' b William B. McCaleb, member of the State Game Commis- )! P i Ision. The opening session was taken u< in the discussion I of proposed changes in ■ ime laws. Subjects of interest to < I the Department of Fisheries will be discussed at the ses- 'j | I sion to-night. < I [ ' N TAXr i I [Philadelphia, Jan. 4.—iihvcod Pout. feaur, who told the pol. :c a few day:; a ,q, that he drovy ft ' : "k H man to the ap. .'.cut .c v. he; e M wsie Co;U,', "jjio ' I artists 1 model, was found murdered, and that the man dis i without paying the bill for the hire oi t < I ► Iliicle, to-day swore out .. warrant for the an est o ard W. Lewis, said to be the son of a coal operator of Pitts- j P burgh, Pa., on a charge of defrauding him out of the t [ • bl!1 " i < | > Washington, Jan 4. A vote on Senator Hitchco* resolution to have the Senate endorse President Wilson'.- j note was again postponed to-day by the parliamentary .r f uation. . , > "'** ( 1 El Paso, Tc::„ Jan. 4.—A meeting oi Villa partisans and £ I advisers will be held in San Antonio, Texas, Fiiuay oi i L lay, to formulate a plan of organization for tl * ■ government and to arrange for the protection of ! ' * lives and property, according to a report received by govern- * k ment agents here to-day and forwarded to Washington. ' ! >t. .' § | '' MARRIAGE LICENSES ; y , E*e IlnrltuKh, Mlddietown, imd Uudborff Adolpbiua AndtrMi, eity. Single Copy, 2 Cents POSTSCRIPT Ed on last night, to become effective February 1, isn't quite fair. It means either 9-cent milk, or the farmers will have to decide on lower rates during the summer months. We, the retail men, can't pay 20 cents a gallon for milk during the entire year. "If the farmers charge 20 cents during the winter months, it may be that we can arrange for a 16-cent rate per gallon in the summer months. "At present we are paying the coun ty dairymen 18 cents a gallon. What the city dealers will decide upon I cannot say, but personally I am op posed to a move which will undoubt edly mean another increase to the con sumer within three months after the price was advanced to 8 cents," Presi dent Cooper concluded. Action of Producers The producers at their meeting in Linglestown last night voted unani mously to advance to 20 cents a gal lon on February 1. The farmers claim that milk sold at 18 cents a gallon is a loss. Another meeting will be held to-night in Mechanicsburg to discuss the situation again. At the meeting last night the need of a county farm agent was pointed out by a number of the dairymen. No action was taken in the open meeting on the question, but many of the farmers present fav ored the plan.
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